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was an honour and a privilege to be the chosen muralist for this very method of the Chinese (whose history can date back to over 500
important historical dedication to our First People of Canada. years) whereby a single line is etched out depicting the subject
matter. Then each area painted separately, creating a collage of
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO PRODUCE ONE WORK? color in a mosaic effect.
Everything depends on the style, could be an hour, or ten hours or
two days or a mural several days. After starting a painting it is a race This is a complex technique, conveying a powerful presence. A
to the finish. It is a thrill from beginning to end. mixed media mosaic cubistic style inlaid with gold or silver, creating
the design and separating the colours. It is a distortion of the subject
WHAT EXCITING PROJECTS ARE YOU WORKING ON NOW? matter, an original abstract with a sculptural effect. The element of
Due to COVID 19 I have been busy since last March working on many lucidity is created through color separation combining fluorescent
new projects. The first one was a special COVID 19 show and this took metallics, enamels and acrylics.
place at the Ukama Gallery, here in Vancouver. I ventured out into the
unknown, as my subject matter was the virus, I started to go down This medium I developed in 1986 and continued developing this
many new paths, fantasy, surrealism, imagining myself as the virus. style till the early 90’s. It is just recently that I have re-entered the
challenge of working with this extraordinary medium which allows
It got more and more involved, until the end I was visiting other me to experiment more with my design concepts creating an ultra-
important cities in the world but as the virus itself. Then with George modern effect. All Future Conceptualism paintings, reverse painted
Floyd’s death I started another new series Tributes and once again, it on Plexiglas with museum quality framed. All native paintings here
started with George, but, then I got involved with the artists and their are on exhibit at Eagle Spirit Gallery and abstract, modern work at
work and tributes to some of my favourite geniuses in the art world. Ukama Gallery (www.wall90.com).
These are now up on my website www.wall90.com, but will also be
catalogued and printed. DO YOU HAVE ANY UPCOMING EVENTS OR EXHIBITIONS?
Throughout my life I have had the opportunity to participate several
I have also returned to another fascinating medium which I created times a year in international exhibitions and gallery exhibitions
in the 80’s but left for many years due to the toxic paint, but now in London, Paris, Vancouver, Barcelona many parts of the world
they have water based acrylics so I am now working on special including Hawaii, South America, Mexico, Europe. I never stop, it
projects in this medium, description of this medium below. Looking is exciting and always an adventure. Upcoming shows: Gagliardi
at projects now and up to the New Year will include my celestialism, Gallery, London, La Galerie d’Art Les Cercles, Paris, Eagle Spirit
my adaptation of surrealism, delving into the phenomenon of the fifth Gallery, Ukama Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
dimension.
WHERE DO YOU SEE YOUR ART GOING IN FIVE YEARS?
FUTURE CONCEPTUALISM I look forward to the opportunity of creating mammoth projects for
Future Conceptualism is a revolutionary technique developed by Museums around the world.
Paul Ygartua. It is a technique of reverse painting on transparent
Plexiglas, similar to Cloisonne Enamelling. This was an ancient
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